US3753503A - Coupler carrier arrangement - Google Patents
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
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- ABSTRACT A railway car coupler flexible carrier in which the retainer plate for limiting upward movement of the carrier is held between a pair of horizontal flanges and is bolted or riveted thereto.
- One of the flanges is integral with the supporting structure and the other flange is on a separate member which first is positioned with the flange in engagement with the retainer plate and is then welded to the supporting structure.
- the car coupler flexible carrier arrangement for supporting the AAR Type F Interlocking coupler employs a carrier retainer in the form of a flat rectangular plate that extends inwardly through a slot in a sidewall of a striking casting and is secured by means of a rivet to the underside of a horizontal flange extending outwardly from the sidewall.
- the portion of the retainer plate that extends inwardly of the sidewall provides stop means for limiting upward movement of the spring supported coupler carrier.
- the coupler has an up and down movement and consequently the inwardly extending portion of the retainer plate is subjected to recurring upward impacts by the coupler carrier. This action produces a tensile stress in the rivet and often has resulted in loosening of the retainer plate and subsequent fracturing of the rivet and loss of the plate.
- the present invention overcomes the loosening of the carrier retainer plate by the provision of a support for underside of the portion of the retainer plate that is in contact with the horizontal flange on the sidewall of the striking casting.
- a simple angle iron is positioned with one leg thereof in engagement with the underside of the retainer plate, after which the angle iron is secured to the striking casting by means of a weld.
- the retainer plate is firmly held between the horizontal flange of the striking casting and the leg of the angle iron.
- a bolt or rivet passing through the horizontal flange, plate, and leg of the angle iron secures the plate against lengthwise movement. This manner of securement of the retainer plate to the striking casting relieves the bolt or rivet of tension forces to which the rivet in existing constructions is subjected and thereby precludes loosening and loss of the plate.
- FIG. 1 is a front elevational view of a conventional coupler supporting structure to which the invention has been applied;
- FIG. 3 is a side elevational view taken in the direction of arrow A in FIG. 1;
- FIG. 4 is a transverse vertical sectional view showing the prior art construction.
- the striking casting comprises a horizontal top portion 12 that is integral with vertical sidewalls 14, which at their lower ends are joined with a transverse spring carrying pocket section 16. Portion l2, walls 14, and pocket 16 form a rectangular coupler shank receiving opening 18.
- a hollow coupler carrier member 20 is received within pocket 16 and is supported on springs 22 which bear against the bottom wall 22a of the pocket.
- the upper end of the carrier 20 comprises a flat coupler supporting portion 200 extending between walls 14.
- a coupler shank 24 is shown resting on the carrier. As is well known in the art, the shank is pivotally mounted for both horizontal and vertical angling.
- a top lug and a bottom lug 32 each of which extends laterally from the endwall 20b.
- Received between lugs 30 and 32 is the inner end 40a of a retainer plate 40 which extends through a slot 42 in sidewall 14. Plate 40 is in engagement with the underside of horizontal flange 44 which extends outwardly from wall 14.
- an angle iron 46 is positioned with its horizontal flange or leg 46a in tight engagement with the underside of retainer plate 40 and with its other leg 46b in engagement with wall 14. Angle iron 46 is then welded to wall 14 along the vertical edges and along the bottom edge of leg 46b, as indicated at x in FIG. 3. In this manner, the outer end of plate 40 is held firmly between flange 44 and leg 46a and is suitably secured thereto against lengthwise movement by a bolt or rivet 50.
- Carrier support springs 22 are under sufficient initial compression to maintain lower lugs 32 of the carrier member in engagement with the inner portion 40a of the retainer plates, even with the coupler supported on the carrier, as seen in FIGS. 1 and 2.
- rivet 50 is first removed and the plate is extracted without disturbing angle iron 46. A new plate is next inserted and secured by a new rivet or bolt.
- a car coupler support comprising a striking casting having a coupler shank receiving opening, said casting comprising spaced apart vertical sidewalls, the lower ends of said walls being joined by a transverse spring carrying pocket for receiving a coupler carrier member, a carrier member in said pocket and being vertically movable, spring means in said pocket for supporting said member, each sidewall having an outwardly extending flange adjacent said pocket and an opening directly beneath said flange, a retainer plate extending through said opening into said pocket, the end of said plate within said pocket serving as abutment means for engagement with said member to limit upward movement of the member, the outer end of said plate underlying said flange and being in engagement therewith, the improvement comprising a support member having a portion in engagement with the underside of the outer end of said plate and having another portion in engagement with the outer side of said sidewall.
- a car coupler support in accordance with claim 1 in which said support member is L-shaped and has one leg thereof in engagement with the underside of the outer end of said plate and the other leg thereof is welded to said sidewall.
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US2680526A (en) * | 1952-01-09 | 1954-06-08 | American Steel Foundries | Coupler support |
US2718968A (en) * | 1951-10-08 | 1955-09-27 | Nat Malleable & Steel Castings | Car coupler support means |
US2806612A (en) * | 1955-02-14 | 1957-09-17 | Symington Gould Corp | Coupler support |
US2812074A (en) * | 1953-12-16 | 1957-11-05 | Symington Gould Corp | Adjustable coupler carrier |
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US2718968A (en) * | 1951-10-08 | 1955-09-27 | Nat Malleable & Steel Castings | Car coupler support means |
US2680526A (en) * | 1952-01-09 | 1954-06-08 | American Steel Foundries | Coupler support |
US2812074A (en) * | 1953-12-16 | 1957-11-05 | Symington Gould Corp | Adjustable coupler carrier |
US2806612A (en) * | 1955-02-14 | 1957-09-17 | Symington Gould Corp | Coupler support |
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Owner name: NATIONAL CASTINGS INC., A CORP. OF DE Free format text: ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST.;ASSIGNOR:NATIONAL CASTINGS INC., A CORP. OF IL;REEL/FRAME:004761/0913 Effective date: 19870818 Owner name: CONGRESS FINANCIAL CORPORATION Free format text: SECURITY INTEREST;ASSIGNOR:NATIONAL CASTINGS INC., A DE CORP.;REEL/FRAME:004810/0513 Effective date: 19870807 |
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Owner name: NATIONAL CASTINGS INC. A CORP. OF DE Free format text: RELEASED BY SECURED PARTY;ASSIGNOR:CONGRESS FINANCIAL CORPORATION (CENTRAL);REEL/FRAME:005152/0735 Effective date: 19890919 |
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Owner name: FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF CHICAGO, THE Free format text: SECURITY INTEREST;ASSIGNOR:NATIONAL CASTINGS INC.;REEL/FRAME:005221/0541 Effective date: 19890831 |
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Owner name: NATIONAL CASTINGS CORPORATION, A CORP. OF DE Free format text: MERGER;ASSIGNORS:NATIONAL CASTINGS CORPORATION (MERGED INTO);NATIONAL CASTINGS INC.;REEL/FRAME:005261/0236;SIGNING DATES FROM Owner name: NATIONAL CASTINGS INC., A CORP. OF IL Free format text: CHANGE OF NAME;ASSIGNOR:SHER ACQUISITION CO.;REEL/FRAME:005261/0208 Effective date: 19850705 |
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